The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 26, 1913, Image 7

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and still neither the police nor the tprivate detective agency have beenable to get the slightest clue as tothe girl's possible whereabouts.The fear of the parents is not lessened by a strange premonition ofevil suffered by Mrs. McCarty lastMonday night 'Helen had gone to bed. Mr. andMrs. McCarty were alone in the sitting room of their apartment. Mrs.McCarty was reading an eveningnewspap'er and suddenly she gave alittle cry."What is it?" asked her husband,and looked up to see his wife whiteand shaking."Read that terrible story," shesaid.The story was a horrible one, luridly dealt with 'under screamingheadlines.It was of the finding of a littleItalian girl, who had been missingfor days. She had been come uponin a dingy tenement, half-starved,half-dying, horribly beaten, the victim of white slavers.McCarty shuddered as he handedthe newspaper back to his wife andpromptly forgot the story. But Mrs.McCarty's face still was white andshe wrung her hands and cried:"If anything like that were to happen to our Helen, I should die. Oh,this terrible city, this terrible city!"Mrs. McCarty is very near to dyingnow. She has been hysterical sincelast night and as she is held in bedby pitying nurses, she moans aboutthe "little Italian girl and our Helen."Helen is five feet four inches tall,weighs about 128 pounds, and at thetime of her disappearance had herlong, dark hair down her back inbraids. She wore a short, pink dress,black velvet belt, black silk stockings, black shoes and a blue strawhat.Miss McCarty's mother is a sisterof the late Right Rev. Frederick W.Roker, Catholic Bishop of Albany.McCarty formerly was owner of theKnickerbocker Press 9J-Albany,ODD NEWSMadison, Wis. Stone masonswalled up Thomas, statehouse cat, innew wing of state capitol. Thomas'protests heard and rescue now being attempted.Vernal, Utah. Tim Inchewtich,Ute Indian, shot and killed his squawand himself because squaw offeredsweetmeats to young brave at annualsun dance of the Utes.Calgary, Alta. Alfred T. Evansdied of blood poisoning caused bymosquito bite between eyes.Waltham, Mass. Snow fell Hereyesterday.London. Management of international horse show declares all womenin procession before king, queen andPres. Poincare of France, must rideside-saddle. Queen Mary's ordersprobably.London. "Do you know what willhappen if you tell a lie? " Bow streetjudge asked newsboy witness. "Yes,"he said, "I'll tell a lie."Cairo, Egyptian mummy dealerjailed for selling American touristbundle of calf bones as remains ofPharoah of third dynasty.New York. Edward Neuman hasbeen wandering trhough Brooklynfor three days looking for flat inwhich he installed his wife. Camehere week ago from Omaha, and hasforgotten street name.New York. Work started on$15,000 flat home for prize winningcats owned by Mrs. Clifford Hammond. New York. Judge Swann said hewould allow Mrs. Randolph Fitzhugh,charged with theft, to withdraw pleaof guilty if it were not "that everyman in the country believe this woman guilty." Two jurors said theydidn't believe her guilty, and Swannhad to permit change of plea.0 0Of the 95 fatal accidents of 1912 inthe Alps, 53 were due to falls an(J 1$to avalanches,'rfciilgWW' -- J--ivlif ! - -" --" -